EP0037321B1 - Procédé de préparation de matériaux adsorbants destinés à l'analyse ou au traitement des liquides et les matériaux ainsi obtenus - Google Patents

Procédé de préparation de matériaux adsorbants destinés à l'analyse ou au traitement des liquides et les matériaux ainsi obtenus Download PDF

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EP0037321B1
EP0037321B1 EP81400456A EP81400456A EP0037321B1 EP 0037321 B1 EP0037321 B1 EP 0037321B1 EP 81400456 A EP81400456 A EP 81400456A EP 81400456 A EP81400456 A EP 81400456A EP 0037321 B1 EP0037321 B1 EP 0037321B1
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    • B01J20/06Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof comprising inorganic material comprising oxides or hydroxides of metals not provided for in group B01J20/04
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    • B01J20/28054Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties characterised by their surface properties or porosity
    • B01J20/28057Surface area, e.g. B.E.T specific surface area
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    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B60/00Obtaining metals of atomic number 87 or higher, i.e. radioactive metals
    • C22B60/02Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides
    • C22B60/0204Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium
    • C22B60/0217Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes
    • C22B60/0252Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes treatment or purification of solutions or of liquors or of slurries
    • C22B60/0265Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides obtaining uranium by wet processes treatment or purification of solutions or of liquors or of slurries extraction by solid resins
    • C22B60/0273Extraction by titanium containing adsorbents, e.g. by hydrous titanium oxide

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  • the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of adsorbent materials which can be used for the treatment or analysis of liquids.
  • adsorbent materials comprising an inorganic support in which an adsorbent substance is included.
  • these adsorbent materials poses certain problems when it is desired to obtain them in the form of a solid phase of selected particle size retaining all the properties of the adsorbent substance and moreover having satisfactory mechanical characteristics and good resistance to chemical agents.
  • the mineral compounds used are generally sodium silicate (US-A-2,057,414) or mixtures of sodium silicate and other compounds such as ferrous oxide (FR-A-941,035), zinc oxide (GB-A-521 214), or calcium aluminate (US-A-2 914 487).
  • the present invention specifically relates to a process for preparing an adsorbent material comprising an inorganic support in which is included an adsorbent substance, which makes it possible to obtain materials of high porosity having a high content of adsorbent substance and which also has the advantage of being simple and of low cost, and of requiring only very few additional operations to transform the solid material obtained into a powder of desired particle size.
  • the process according to the invention for preparing an adsorbent material is characterized in that it consists in preparing an aqueous solution of an alkali metal silicate and of a compound chosen from the group comprising the hydroxides of alkali metals and ammonia, mixing said solution with an adsorbent substance in the form of powder or gel, and subjecting the mixture thus obtained to a heat treatment.
  • an aqueous solution containing an alkali metal hydroxide or ammonia a material of high porosity is obtained by the process of the invention.
  • the addition to the aqueous solution of alkali metal silicate of an alkali metal hydroxide or of ammonia makes it possible to obtain a clearly basic pH and this plays a primordial role in favoring during the subsequent phases of heating and desiccation the formation of a crystalline organization of great porosity.
  • the method of the invention also has the advantage of simply requiring a heat treatment to directly obtain a mineral support in which an adsorbent substance is included.
  • adsorbent materials having a high content of adsorbent substance for example from 70 to 80% by weight of adsorbent substance, which n This is not the case with the methods of the prior art in which the adsorbent substance is fixed on a solid support by impregnation.
  • the aqueous starting solution consists of a solution of an alkali metal silicate and hydroxide of the same alkali metal.
  • silicate and sodium hydroxide are used.
  • the adsorbent substance used can be acidic, neutral or basic.
  • adsorbent substances capable of being used there may be mentioned as non-limiting oxides or hydroxides of iron, manganese, titanium, zirconium ...
  • the adsorbent substance is titanium hydroxide, ferric hydroxide or manganese oxide.
  • titanium hydroxide When using titanium hydroxide, it is preferably added to the aqueous solution in the form of a gel which can, for example, be obtained by adding sodium hydroxide to a solution of titanyl potassium oxalate followed flocculation of the colloidal precipitate thus obtained.
  • ferric hydroxide When using ferric hydroxide, it is added in the form of flocs obtained by neutralization of a solution of ferric chloride.
  • manganese oxide When manganese oxide is used, it is generally added to the solution as a powder of MnO z .
  • the heat treatment is preferably carried out in at least two stages carried out at different temperatures, at least a first stage at a temperature below 100 ° C and a second stage at a temperature from 100 ° C to 400 ° vs.
  • the heat treatment is carried out in two stages carried out at different temperatures, the first stage being carried out at a temperature lower than 100 ° C for approximately one day, the second stage being carried out at a temperature higher than 100 ° C and lower than 400 ° C for a few hours to obtain a product whose weight remains constant.
  • the heat treatment is advantageously carried out in three stages, the first stage being carried out at approximately 60 ° C for approximately 20 h, the second stage at approximately 90 ° C for approximately 6 h and the third stage at approximately 180 ° C to obtain a constant weight.
  • a porous adsorbent material is obtained having a specific surface of at least 200 m 2 / g (hot BET method).
  • the adsorbent materials thus obtained can be used as such in the form of a porous percolation structure, or be transformed into grains whose dimensions are adjusted according to the use, by simple grinding and sieving operations.
  • the adsorbent material obtained is subjected to washing to remove the excess hydroxide.
  • the invention also relates to an adsorbent material usable for the treatment or analysis of liquids containing organic or mineral materials.
  • This material is characterized in that it has a specific surface at least equal to 200 m 2 / g and in that it comprises an inorganic support constituted by the product of the reaction of an alkali metal silicate and a hydroxide of the same alkali metal, and an adsorbent substance included in said support.
  • the alkali metal is sodium.
  • the adsorbent substance is titanium hydroxide, ferric hydroxide or manganese oxide.
  • the adsorbent material comprises from 70 to 80% by weight of adsorbent substance.
  • the adsorbent materials according to the invention can be used for the extraction of mineral or organic compounds during the treatment of industrial effluents, radioactive or not, as well as for measurements relating to environmental pollution.
  • such adsorbent materials containing titanium hydroxide can be used to recover uranium from aqueous solutions such as mine water.
  • This example relates to the preparation of an adsorbent material consisting of an inorganic support made of silicate and sodium hydroxide in which is included titanium hydroxide.
  • a solution of silicate and sodium hydroxide is prepared by mixing 38 ml of a technical sodium silicate solution Si0 3 Na 2 having a density of 1.33 to 1.34 with 13 ml of a sodium hydroxide solution having a density of 1.32.
  • a titanium hydroxide gel is prepared from a solution of titanyl potassium oxalate in distilled water. This solution is brought to pH 6.5-6.8 by addition of sodium hydroxide, then the colloidal precipitate thus obtained is flocculated by means of an anionic flocculant sold under the brand Magnafloc to facilitate its filtration. After flocculation and filtration, a titanium hydroxide gel is obtained, the water content of which is approximately 90%.
  • the solid adsorbent material obtained after heat treatment has a specific surface of 200 m 2 / g, a titanium hydroxide content of 73% and a pore volume of 1030 mm 3. g- 1.
  • This material is transformed into grains by grinding and sieving, at a particle size of between 0.5 and 2 mm, with a view to being used for the extraction of uranium from mine mine water in the following manner.
  • an adsorbent material is obtained having the same characteristics.
  • This example relates to the preparation of adsorbent material containing as adsorbent substance ferric hydroxide Fe (OH) 3 .
  • a solution of silicate and sodium hydroxide is prepared, as in Example 1, using the same quantities of products.
  • ferric hydroxide gel Fe (OH) s is prepared by neutralization at pH 7 of a solution of ferric chloride.
  • the solid adsorbent material obtained after this heat treatment has a specific surface of 214 m 2 / g.
  • ferric hydroxide Fe (OH) 3 has only a specific surface of 158 m Z / g.
  • the process of the invention makes it possible to obtain a significant improvement in the porosity of the material obtained.
  • This example relates to the preparation of an adsorbent material containing Mn0 2 as an adsorbent substance.
  • a solution of silicate and sodium hydroxide is prepared by mixing 40 ml of a technical sodium silicate solution Si0 3 Na z having a density of 1.33 to 1.34 with 20 ml of a NaOH solution with 32%.
  • the solid adsorbent material obtained after this heat treatment has a specific surface of 201 m Z / g.
  • the commercial product currently sold which also contains manganese dioxide, has a specific surface of 124 m 2 / g.
  • This example relates to the preparation of an adsorbent material consisting of a sodium silicate support in which is included titanium hydroxide.
  • the adsorbent material is prepared by adding 500 g of titanium hydroxide gel prepared in the same way as in Example 1 to 38 ml of a solution of technical sodium silicate Si0 3 Naz having a density of 1.33 to 1.34, and the whole is thoroughly mixed which is then subjected to heat treatment carried out under the same conditions as those of Example 1.
  • the adsorbent material thus obtained has a specific surface of 165 ⁇ 5 m 2 / g.
  • Example 1 which starts with a solution of silicate and sodium hydroxide, it can be seen that the addition of soda to the starting solution makes it possible to obtain a significant improvement in the specific surface of the adsorbent material obtained.
  • This example illustrates the influence of the temperature used in the last stage of the heat treatment on the specific surface of the adsorbent material obtained.
  • a mixture of silicate solution is prepared in the same way as in Example 1 and of sodium hydroxide and of titanium hydroxide gel, then this mixture is subjected to a heat treatment carried out under the same conditions as those of Example 1 for the first two stages, and the third stage is carried out either at a temperature 100 ° C, or at a temperature of 440 ° C, until a constant weight is obtained.
  • the solid adsorbent material obtained after this heat treatment has a specific surface of 135 m 2 fg when the last step is carried out at 100 ° C and a specific surface of 180 m z / g when the last step is carried out at 440 ° C.

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